Iran gov't 'funding local organizations through embassy,' Federal Judge says

Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas said he is “certain that many local organizations are being funded by the Iranian embassy” in Buenos Aires, and warned that social movements’ leader Luis D’Elía “is aware of it.”

Rafecas made these statements during this year’s first meeting of the Hebrew Argentine Society, which commemorated the 35th anniversary of the last military dictatorship.

“I’m sure that, in exchange for money, this man began to speak against (Israel) without having much knowledge about it, or without considering the kind of political fallout they would have,” he said of D’Elía, a strong supporter of the Iranian government.